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St. Mary’s Law School given $1 million for scholarships (BizJournals) St. Mary’s University School of Law will be able to expand the number of scholarships awarded to law students from Laredo through a new endowment. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tennessee Adopts $9.5M University Piracy Measure Despite School Layoffs (Wired News) The 222,000-student Tennessee public university system is bracing for layoffs and class reductions as part of a $43.7 billion budget shortfall, but Tennessee lawmakers have approved a $9.5 million measure requiring university internet filtering to prevent the sharing of copyrighted music and other works. The Recording Industry Association of America hailed the nation's first-of-its-kind measure. ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Recent state Supreme Court races have turned 'elections into auctions,' panel says (The Capital Times) The "unrelentingly nasty" campaigns of the past two Wisconsin Supreme Court elections, fueled by record-breaking spending by special interests groups and candidates, have created a "toxic landscape" and "turned elections into auctions." Two state Supreme Court justices were among the panelists painting this bleak picture at a forum Tuesday night at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Institute for Nanotechnology Established at The George Washington University (Newswise) The GW Institute of Nanotechnology will draw on the expertise of the University's faculty members in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, computer, civil, and environmental engineering; physics, chemistry; and biochemistry. us.rd.yahoo.com
Every School Every Thursday -- Ankeny (The Des Moines Register) Ashland Ridge us.rd.yahoo.com
Jury finds Griffin guilty of capital murder (Box Elder News Journal) In the second day of deliberation the 12-member jury came back with a guilty verdict for Glenn Howard Griffin for capital murder in the death of Bradley Newell Perry on May 26, 1984. Perry was murdered while working the night shift at the Texaco station in Perry, just south of 1100 South on Highway 89. us.rd.yahoo.com
UAMS meets fundraising goal (NWAnews.com) ROGERS — Philanthropists from three Northwest Arkansas families have put a fundraiser by the state’s medical school over the top. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition) us.rd.yahoo.com
Argex Silver Capital Inc. Announces Proposed Qualifying Transaction With 7013833 Canada Corp. (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) MONTREAL, QUEBEC-- - Argex Silver Capital Inc. announces today that it entered into an agreement in principle dated November 10, 2008 to acquire all of the assets of 7013833 Canada Corp. us.rd.yahoo.com
RCSD Teacher Suspended (R News) A veteran Rochester City School District teacher was suspended earlier this week for what the district calls "insubordination." us.rd.yahoo.com
Commentary: Washington getting ready for event of a lifetime (CNN) Is it just me or has everyone living within a 120-mile radius of the U.S. Capitol Building heard from his or her fifth cousin lately? us.rd.yahoo.com
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